For several years now, the concepts of "civil culture" and "civil society" have been widely discussed in the social sciences. Theoretically innovative and empirically rich, this volume offers solid and focused ethnographic research on how the tenets and assumptions of civil culture are inculcated in schools.

Preface Introduction: Nation-state, Schools and Civil Enculturation Gerd Baumann PART I: FOUR CIVIL CULTURES AT SCHOOL Chapter 1. The School as a Place in its Social Space Gerd Baumann and Thijl Sunier Chapter 2. Representing the Nation in History Textbooks Werner Schiffauer and Thijl Sunier Chapter 3. Taxonomies of Cultural Difference: Constructions of Otherness Sabine Mannitz and Werner Schiffauer Chapter 4. The Place of Religion in Four Civil Cultures Sabine Mannitz Chapter 5. Muslim Headscarves in Four Nation-states and Schools Beate Collet PART II: CIVIL ENCULTURATION AND DISCURSIVE ASSIMILATION Chapter 6. National Language and Mother Tongue Thijl Sunier Chapter 7. Regimes of Discipline and Civil Conduct in Berlin and Paris Sabine Mannitz Chapter 8. Argumentative Strategies Thijl Sunier Chapter 9. Pupils’ Negotiations of Cultural Difference: Identity Management and Discursive Assimilation Sabine Mannitz Epilogue: Limitations, Convergence and Cross-overs Sabine Mannitz Notes on Contributors Bibliography Index